PHI attacked while checking house:
Police to accompany officers during inspections
Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena
requested the acting IGP to instruct islandwide police stations to
arrest any person who obstructs health officials from inspecting
mosquito breeding places to curb dengue, a ministry spokesman told
the Daily News yesterday.
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Security strengthened in Mihintale
Mihintale Police said that a special security
programme will be in place for devotees visiting the Mihintale
Sacred area during the Poson period. A special police team has been
deployed to nab pick pockets, said Mihintale OIC Sujeewa Siriwardena.
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Drug haul from safe house in Hanwella
Eight kg heroin valued at Rs 40 m:
Police yesterday seized over eight kgs of heroin
valued at Rs 40 million from a safe house at Hanwella. According to
Police, the safe house is owned by a multi-millionaire businessman,
allegedly responsible for distributing heroin mainly in Colombo and
suburbs.
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Suspects nabbed
The Nuwara Eliya Special Investigation Bureau
has taken into custody three suspects together with their computers
suspected to have sold CDs containing obscene scenes to
schoolchildren in the estate sector.
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